The problems are correctable. And we are making better strides in some areas, but when we lock down one area we struggle in another so we need to learn to do things right.

Ultimately it will make us a better team. The way things are going the days of us "waiting to turn on a switch" will be over. It's a humbling experience that will make us work harder, and trust me if we don't get to that level we'd never win a championship. So I'm glad we're struggling right now. If we were 19-0 no one would be focusing on our problems and it would be fools gold and we'd be losing games in the playoffs like we're losing now.

"Bryant had come to rage against the idea that Howard's clownish disposition could overtake the locker room, the Lakers' culture, and had warned Howard that he would never, ever let it happen."